Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has announced the creation of the county’s first-ever Conviction ...

Imagine spending years in prison for a crime you didn’t commit. Fairfax County is taking a big step to prevent that from ...

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said he hoped the initiative will help to foster public trust in the ...

A new partnership has been formed to review criminal convictions in Fairfax County. FOX 5's David Kaplan has the story.

Wrongful convictions undermine public trust in the justice system and have devastating impacts on defendants, their families, ...

After nearly 30 years of incarceration, James Langhorne had his murder conviction vacated, following an investigation that ...

James Langhorne was 24 when he was convicted in 1996 for the November 1993 murder of 24-year-old Laurence A. Jones Jr. on the ...

Fairfax Co. creates Conviction Integrity Unit to prove it’s committed to reexamining “cases to see if a mistake has been made, and to free an innocent person.” ...

In an effort to address these injustices, Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has launched the county’s first-ever Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in partnership with the Mid ...

“This Conviction Integrity Unit turned into one of those things that, hell or high water, this was going to happen. And I’m glad we’re at that point now.” Descano said turning the idea ...